Al-Jazeera claims military 'cover up'Arabic satellite news channel al-Jazeera has accused the US of deliberately bombing its offices in Baghdad in an attempt to "cover up" its activities in Iraq.

U.S. plans own war-crimes trialsWashington intends to bypass the United Nations and try Iraqi leaders for alleged war crimes under U.S. law, State Department and Pentagon officials said yesterday, and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and his two sons could be among those prosecuted if they are taken alive. War-crimes trials could be handled by special U.S. military commissions, military courts, martial or civilian federal criminal courts, said W. Hays Parks.

BUSH and his administration should be taken before the International War Crimes Court notwithstanding their bravado.

The view from the throneAfter carefully crafted U.S. public relations were foiled for weeks by photos of sandstorms and friendly-fire mayhem, American POWs, and terrified and dead Iraqi civilians, the White House finally got a shot it must have hoped would come sooner: U.S. soldiers lounging in easy chairs in one of Saddam Hussein's palaces.

CIA death squads operating in IraqWhile President Bush and his officials depict Iraqis resisting the US-led invasion as "terrorists" and "death squads," CIA and Special Forces assassination squads are at work in Iraq, seeking to eliminate Iraqi leaders and other opponents of the US occupation of the country.

Australia calls in favour from WashingtonStaking its claim to a share of the post-war economic cake, Australia announced on Tuesday that it expected to play a role in the interim administration that the US plans to install in Iraq.

Chemical HypocritesAs it struggles to justify its invasion, the US is getting ready to use banned weapons in Iraq

After Iraq: who is next?After all, the current US-led war against Iraq, despite unprecedented international outcry, has not deterred it from aggression, which, it seems, will not terminate until 'regime change' is achieved.

Battle for Baghdad takes a new turnWhat the US is doing now in Baghdad is a mixture between occupying the capital and carrying out quick incursions into the city before withdrawing to assertain Iraqi strength

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